Class of 99s #5 – Taking Level 99 By The Scruffy Of The Neck

Hey there Addicts

So it’s time for your characters to climb the career ladder, yes they’ve hovered in the lowly ranks for long enough and now they need to take that one giant step for man, robot, alien, mutant or woman kind to reach that coveted 4-Star rank that will see them start their journey towards the ultimate goal of being a Level 99 character.

And as you know I decided to do posts tracking my characters progress as they aim to join my Class of 99’s. Promoting characters to 99 is not easy but I thought we might as well have some fun along the way looking at the various characters that make the ultimate journey from 1-99 in my game. And who are we going to be looking at today? Well Scruffy, as he had the great honour of being the first Influencer I took all the way to Level 99.

So why did I choose Scruffy? Quite simply because he was already my highest level Influencer when this Promotion madness hit, that’s the honest truth of the matter. So it wasn’t based on passives, abilities, combat strategy or anything. Strategy levelling up was something I left for laterrr. So this promotion was heavily based on laziness.

So let’s break down what it will cost you to get our first Influencer into the Class of 99’s and of course look at the benefits there are in ranking and levelling Scruffy up.  And to make it simple to follow I’ll break it up into his Star Ranks.

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1-Star Rank Scruffy

Every character, including Scruffy, starts ranked at 1-Star, and at this rank Scruffy comes with the following passives:

Influencer’s Support: Heals your team.

Single Attack: Attacks one enemy.

And from here you can start levelling up Scruffy to a maximum Level 10. The cost to do so is as follows:

Nixonbucks: 3840
Career XP: 2400
Career XP in Peta Chips: 3 Peta Chips *you can use other size chips of course*

Once at Level 10, Scruffy cannot rise the level ladder any further until you promote him to a 2-Star Rank.

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2-Star Rank Scruffy

So now we need get Scruffy promoted to 2-Star rank and here’s what that will cost and what it will get you.

Star Badges: 8 Generic 2-Star Badges
Nixonbucks: 3096

Promoting Scruffy to 2-Star rank unlocks the following passive:

Cleaning The Mess: Remove Stun from any afflicted allies.

Now Scruffy is flouting his 2-Star Rank you can get on with the job of levelling him up to Level 30. And the cost of this is as follows:

Nixonbucks: 97312
Career XP: 60820
Career XP in Peta Chips: 63 Peta Chips *you can use other size chips of course*

Once at Level 30, Scruffy cannot rise the level ladder any further until you promote him to a 3-Star Rank.

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3 Star Rank Scruffy

So now we need get Scruffy promoted to 3-Star rank and here’s what that will cost and what it will get you.

Star Badges: 8 Influencer 3-Star Badges & 8 Generic 3-Star Badges
Nixonbucks: 29304

Promoting Scruffy to 3-Star rank unlocks the following passive:

Try And Stay Clean: Scruffy special attack will grant a random child that blocks 1 turns.

Now Scruffy is flouting his 3-Star Rank you can get on with the job of levelling him up to Level 60. And the cost of this is as follows:

Nixonbucks: 705968
Career XP: 441130
Career XP in Peta Chips: 455 Peta Chips *you can use other size chips of course*

Once at Level 60, Scruffy cannot rise the level ladder any further until you promote him to a 4-Star Rank.

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4 Star Rank Scruffy

So now we need get Scruffy promoted to 4-Star rank and here’s what that will cost and what it will get you.

Star Badges: 8 Influencer 4-Star Badges & 8 Generic 4-Star Badges
Nixonbucks: 119016

Promoting Scruffy to 4-Star rank unlocks the following passive:

Time To Read: Scruffy basic attack has a 15% chance to Confuse an enemy for 3 turns.

Now Scruffy is flouting his 4-Star Rank you can get on with the job of levelling him up to Level 99. And the cost of this is as follows:

Nixonbucks: 2816528
Career XP: 1760330
Career XP in Peta Chips: 1815 Peta Chips *you can use other size chips of course*

Once at Level 99, Scruffy cannot currently be levelled any further.

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Total Costs

Just to make your eyes water here’s the total cost of getting Scruffy from Level 1 to Level 99.

 

Star Badges: 8 Generic 2-Star Badges, 8 Generic 3-Star Badges, 8 Influencer 3-Star Badges, 8 Generic 4-Star Badges, 8 Influencer 4-Star Badges,

Nixonbucks: 3775064

Career XP: 2264780

Career XP in Peta Chips: 2335

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Was He Worth It?

So is Scruffy a worthy promotion or a luxury you can’t afford?

Well in my opinion, and this is just mine, he’s scrapes into being a worthy promotion. This is because he gives me access to the higher gated Daily Planet mission paths combined with being a core story character. But he’s not a gladiator in the arena and for me he will only be used when the mission dictates he is.

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Russian Tigger Class of 99’s!!!

So Scruffy is the fifth crew member to make it into my Class of 99’s. Who’ll be next? I’ll reveal all soon.

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There you have it, the overall costs and benefits of promoting Scruffy. What do you think of levelling up so far? Any tips for fellow Players? Any characters you’d like to see at 99?  Let us know in the comments.

~ Russian Tigger